Alan Cooper, Father of Visual Basic

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Week of January 27, 2003 - Alan Cooper

Alan Cooper

Alan Cooper Alan
Cooper, a.k.a. The Father of Visual Basic invented the
Visual Basic forms designer and VBX controls for Visual Basic 1.0. Well,
we all know what happened. That same designer model has been used by all
subsequent versions of Visual Basic, and is now the forms designer engine
in Visual Studio.NET.
He has written two books, About Face, and The Inmates are Running the
Asylum. Both are well-written and insightful. He has delighted audiences
for years with his wit, insight, and relentless audacity to call em like
he sees em.

Alan has a lot to say about
programming, programmers, and focuses intently on what's wrong with programming
as we know it. Why do businesspeople fear programmers? Is the construction
of software managed? These topics and more are the focus of this monumental
episode of .NET Rocks!

Alan tells the story of that
meeting where he showed Visaul Basic (then code-named Ruby) to Bill Gates
and his people.